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Anyone Seen The Snare For This Kit?
Thanks for quoting a page of my (German) catalogue here, surfcollector. ;) That wrap comes up approx. once in a year in Germany on ebay, but with a C...
14 years agoWhere Do You Find The Good Deals???
It's like playing roulette as well. Some time ago I had the chance to by a vintage Premier's foot pedal for GBP 25.00 (Buy it now-price). Noone took t...
14 years agoAnyone Seen The Rack Tom For This Kit?
That's one of my absolutely favourite wraps. Sorry, I don't have one for you ... and I think it will become very difficult to find one matching in tha...
14 years agoOld Star brand snare
Great song, Ryan! These Star drumsets are sound-wise still so much underrated. Although I think there should be much more studio takes with Star drums...
14 years agoOld Star brand snare
Brian just pointed it. Absolutely astonishing and great job, Kevin. And finest pics, too! Please tell me: how did you manage to replace those two whit...
14 years agoMelvik snare drum - this one's unique!
With a little bit of fantasy, the name could also be M e h i k And that sounds more Eastern (European) wise ... But still got no clue on it. Ralf
14 years agoMelvik snare drum - this one's unique!
Hi - that is an indeed extremely cool snare, mate, and a brainteaser, too! Neither lugs nor anything else at this drum reminds me to another snare dru...
14 years agoMy first vintage kit needs some love
Does the rack tom sound better now? No further choked sound? My first thought (reading this thread for the first time today) was, that the tom arm mo...
14 years agoOsakabop
Take care, Eric. It's almost unbelievable to see those mighty natural forces working. Should bring back humbleness to us little human being. Ralf
14 years agoRestoring a late sixties premier grey shimmer
Hi, Measures of the black bass drum hoops (made of wood): width: 4.2 cm width of the wrap strip: 2.05 cm thickness of the hoop: 1.05 cm And, just to...
14 years agothrow off need help
Hello, This is, what you need: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circlip The shape should not look exactly like the one on the pic there, but if you tak...
14 years agoBolero Drums
Hello Brian, Here is the final answer, that it's definitely a Star brand: http://www.drumarchive.com/Star It's my brochure there, which I still own....
14 years agoRestoring a late sixties premier grey shimmer
Hi, What a mess. Grey shimmer is a really cool wrap. As I have a complete drumset in grey shimmer, I will check out the measures at the bass drum hoo...
14 years agoBrother and sister: Star and Tama KingBeat kick pedals
Thanks, Brian. Indeed, they're not as smooth as my Tama IC single pedal. But they have a strap like my IC 'Flexi glide' (which I play only). That give...
14 years agoBrother and sister: Star and Tama KingBeat kick pedals
Hi, Must say that I'm really proud to own two vintage kick pedals now: - a Star 'KingBeat' kick pedal and - the follow-up model of Tama (also still c...
14 years ago